I :n D ii: X . 



Abbott, Mr., coutribution from, 60. 



Abert, Col. J. J., minerals from, Co, 221. 



Abradins and polishing materials, 2C9, 276. 



Acanlbidops bairdi, 377. 



Acanthis, notes on, 366. 



Acanthoeiuua .^pcctabilis from California, 187. 



Accessions, list of, 381. 



Accounts, 19, 37. 



Achoi-utes from Colorado, 18,">. 



Maine, 187. 

 Ackerman, A. A., 68. 

 Acronycta lietula;, 361. 

 Actinoziia, Devonian, 213. 

 Actodionias miuiilata, breeding of. 376. 

 Ad;ims, Vr. n., 2G0. 

 Ad( n boat models, S9. 

 AdiuiuislraUve staff of Museum, 35. 

 Administrative work in tlie Museum, 35. 

 .^iluiitbthvs t ydouxii, note on. 374. 

 Africa, anows fiom. 119. 



collections from, 72. 

 dug-dut canoe from, 9). 

 wciijions fioiu, 118, 119. 

 wliijis from, 119. 

 A;:assiz, AUx mder, niollusks obtained by, 02, 180. 

 Aj;ela-inffi reviowLd, 377. 

 Afiricultural Department, dru^s from, 76. 

 Abt basketry wantin,' in the collections, 298. 

 Air in Icctuie room, analysis of, 38, 39,40. 

 Ajax Company 's metal bcariucs. 242, 268. 

 Alabama tislits rL-ceivcd. 104. 176. 

 Alaska autifiuities exhibited, 125. 

 birds from, 60. 



Eskimo basket ornamentation in, 293. 

 basket-work in, 293. 

 bows from, 307. 

 colli'ctions, 57. 

 expl 'ration C9. 

 fishes of (Japtaiu Nichols, 347. 

 fisbinc-boat models, 87. 

 invertebrates. 392. 

 mammals obtained, 130. 

 rocks from, 230. 

 salmon collected. 172. 

 Tblinket objects. 114. 

 willow wren. 69. 

 "Albatross" birds from West Indies, 60. 

 bottom samples. 192. 

 brou;:ht West lu.iian bats, 130. 

 collection of birds, 3.')S. 



deep-sea lish. 163. 

 collections assoited, 197. 



in Gulf of Mexico. 197. 

 of invertebrates, 63, 189, 190. 

 reptiles, 61. 157. 

 crinoids from of!" Havana, 190. 

 deep-sea collections, 70. 

 explorations, 197. 198. 



ofl'e. stern coast, 197. 

 land collecting, 70. 

 preparing for Gulf cruise, 199. 

 reported spotted dolphin, 317. 

 shore collictions, 197. 

 sounding operations, 197. 

 work discussed. 379. 

 zoological material, 199. 

 Albion. N. Y., building stone, 227. 

 Albite from Maine, 228. 

 Alcoholic building needed, 22. 



Aleut baskets, 292. 



glass w.illets, 292. 

 mat uiaterial, 292. 



ornamentation, 292. 

 weaving and embroidery, 293. 

 throwing-sticks, 2b8. 

 Aleutian Islands basket-work, 292. 

 Algonkin and Iroquois basketry, 305. 



basket ornamentation 3u6. 

 AUeghanv region of Southern States, tisbcs from, 



170. 

 report on 

 fishes of 

 170. 

 Allen, Dr. Ilari ison, studying Museum bats, 136. 

 Allen. J. A., made analyses, 246. 

 Alligator obtained in 1884,44. 

 Alloys collected, 242, 268. 



mauufaeture of, 276. 

 Altamaba r>a;iin fishes collected, 175, 

 Alvord, S. W., lavors from, 267. 

 Amboccelia uiubona, 206. 

 America, prehistoric, 351. 

 American Dental Association meetings, 35. 



Fish Cultural Association in Museum. 



34. 

 Institute of Mining Engineers, Cullec- 



tion from, 67. 

 Museumof ^Natural History, 10. 



' birdsin.153. 

 Ship AVindlass Company mod* Is, 9.". 

 Surgical Association in Museum, 34. 

 Ta.xidei mists, gift from, 41, 

 Ammonia iu lecture room, 39. 

 Ampullaria Powelli associated with Phvsa, &.C., 



207. 

 Amygdaloid mines copper, 254. 



series, 255, 270. 

 Analecta Omitbologica, 366. 

 Anas boschas and obscura, 378. 

 Anatomy, comparative, department of, 62. 

 Ancistrodon contortrix, poisoning by, 370. 

 Ancon, Peru, pottery from, 121. 



Peruvian antiquities, 116, 117, 118. 

 Andaman Islands. Turbiuella pyrum from. 183. 

 Anderson lliver tlirowingslick," 2*^3, 

 Andcsite and i>iimice from Mount Shasta, 231. 

 Andesites from Mount Shasta, 228. 

 Andrade, Joseph, and Co., 47. 

 Andrews, W. II., sent minerals, 222. 

 Augaillula, 360. 

 Animal fibers, 79. 



products at Louisville, 49. 



New Orleans, 51. 

 collection reorganized, 56. 



sizi" of, 56. 

 gifts of, 56. 

 section, 10, 18. 

 Animals from Costa Kica. 71. 

 Aniscalina) reviewed. 377. 

 Anisoptervx jiomelaria. 300. 

 Annelids fnmi Uermuda, 340, 381. 

 Floiidiv 191. 

 etudiedby Mr. Benedict, 197. 

 Annex building. 2l', .36. 

 AnseniaBra.ss and Copper Compauj collection, 



256, 275, 270. 

 Anthozoa, now 8i)ecieB of, 380. 

 of the Albatross, 197. 

 returned by Professor Verrill, 190. 

 studied by Professor Verrill, 200. 



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